Bommel
[ˈbɔml̩]
The verdict
“Bommel” is uncommon German (frequency #65,056 among 72,680 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,056
- frequency rank, German
- 72,680
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Ball aus zusammengeknoteten Wollfäden, wie er zur Verzierung an Kleidungsstücke angebracht wird
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Bommel |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈbɔml̩] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #65,056 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Bommel” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Bommel is uncommon German at frequency #65,056 among 72,680 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈbɔml̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ball aus zusammengeknoteten Wollfäden, wie er zur Verzierung an Kleidungsstücke angebracht wird".
Bommel doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Bommel, spelled B-O-M-M-E-L.
Definition
- 1Ball aus zusammengeknoteten Wollfäden, wie er zur Verzierung an Kleidungsstücke angebracht wird
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Bommel”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is B-O-M-M-E-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈbɔml̩] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.